...table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thon art the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy ; grant us therefore, gracious Lord,...

...table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in Thy manifold and yreat mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy table." Who but a man truly humbled and poor in spirit, could enter into the full meaning of these expressions...

...Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy ; Grant us therefore, gracious Lord,...

...table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in Thy manifold and great mercies : we be not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy table : but Thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy : grant us therefore, gracious...

...table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We be not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy. Grant us therefore, gracious Lord,...

...come to this Thy table, trusting in our own righteousness, but in Thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy table ; but hear us, O heavenly Father, we most humbly beseech Thee in the Name of Thy Beloved Son, who came...

...does one of the prayers in the Communion service of the old Book of Common Prayer, that the faithful are "not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy Table"? Or in a more contemporary vein, is it theologically accurate to say that "God is a warm fuzzy to our...

...and certainly the most visual, of Cranmer's metaphors occurs in the "Prayer of Humble Access": "We be not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table."7 Despite its allusion to Matthew 15:27, the prayer is original with Cranmer. Even modern Anglican...

...table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We be not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table; but thou art the same Lord whose property is always to have mercy: Grant us therefore, gracious Lord,...

...present tense in liturgy, as in the words 'I believe in God', 'Give us this day our daily bread', and 'We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy Table.' Victorian hymns exploit both the diachronic and the synchronic potentialities of liturgical language...